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Liberal education at AUC
By Walter Lammi Philosophy Professor The “liberal arts” traditionally include mathematics, the pure sciences, and the humanities. They do not include the applied sciences, including the social sciences and professions. Some members of the AUC community fear that with the expansion of the University, the liberal arts are increasingly taking a back seat to the professions. The [...]
Continue reading...The AUC Women Rugby team deserves a chance
18. May 2010
By Omneya Moussa Broadcast Journalism Graduating Senior The AUC Women’s Rugby Team, the Wolverines, was founded in fall 2008 by the team captain Sherin Wafaai. During the very first months, there were only seven to ten players; most of them were foreigners who go back home when they are done with their studies at the university. Eventually, [...]
Continue reading...Letter to the editor
2. May 2010
I’m writing to respond to the articles that were published in the Caravan on Sunday, March 14 attacking Family Transport’s drivers. I want to say that we cannot generalize and claim that a certain group of people are all the same, which means that not all Family Transport drivers share the same attitude or can [...]
Continue reading...Dangerous Dubai Debt
2. May 2010
By Ismail Ayad Economics Junior Last December, the world and in particular the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), held its breath as it experienced a mini-debt crisis emanating from the Emirate of Dubai. Dubai World, one of the largest investment holding companies in the region, experienced a debt crisis of their own making. As the [...]
Continue reading...Sexual harassment turns into assault
27. April 2010
By Mirette A. Shoeir A few weeks ago I was walking home when a cart being pulled by a horse passed very close to me and one of the two young men who were driving it hit me with the whip he was holding. I lost my balance and was almost crushedbetween their cart and a parked [...]
Continue reading...LETTER TO THE EDITOR
14. March 2010
I’m writing to complain about the overall dangerously low quality of the Family Transport AUC bus service, the latest episode of which took place this morning (Sunday, March 7). I was waiting with several students for the R11 Mohandiseen bus to the New Campus, supposedly leaving Mobil 2 station at 9:44. The bus arrived, [...]
Continue reading...Religion for God, Transportation for Everyone
14. March 2010
By Dina Samer Senior communication manager at the office of communications and marketing I vowed to myself that I would always get on the women carts whenever I took the metro, as they are a good way to avoid being surrounded by men whose stares could penetrate a woman’s clothes.Women who take the mixed carriages are usually looked at in [...]
Continue reading...Some seek Arab nationalism, others push for a unified Egypt to bind people together
12. March 2010
By Ismail Ayad After the incidents which marred the World Cup 2010 qualifiers between Egypt and Algeria, many intellectuals called for calmness and diplomacy in the name of Arab brotherhood and unity. To make these arguments many scholars point to the shared cultural and linguistic traits in both nations; however, what is often neglected is that the [...]
Continue reading...30-year old theocratic governments do not fade with protests, they keep on getting stonger
12. March 2010
By Nanissa Madadi I stood in a circle around the downtown center of Hanover, Germany, hand in hand with other protesters, holding signs and singing Iranian revolutionary songs. I wondered when the Iranian people would finally get their beloved country back? “What am I doing, what am I doing?” I kept thinking as I stood with the [...]
Continue reading...AUC student advocates grassroots activism to solve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict
12. March 2010
By Sarah Hawas “It is the support that I receive from my family and friends that helps me go on. I am grateful to the Palestinian leaders who have contacted my family, the diplomats from the European Union and to the Israeli activists who have expressed their support by attending my hearings. The relationship we have built together with the activists [...]
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